** The 138th episode special used the trope repeatedly with Troy [=McClure=], once parodying it by returning from a commercial break to have [=McClure=] asleep on a couch and having to be prodded awake from off stage so he could deliver the line.----

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** The 138th episode special used the trope repeatedly with Troy [=McClure=], once parodying it by returning from a commercial break to have [=McClure=] asleep on a couch and having to be prodded awake from off stage so he could deliver the line.line.

** ChuckNorris talking to an off-screen "friend" in mock surprise at the end of a Total Gym ad. Because a multi-title holding karate champion with tons of sponsors and access to thousand-dollar equipment would give a shit about a hundred dollar weight bench, let alone interrupt a shoot to tell his friends about it.

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** ChuckNorris Creator/ChuckNorris talking to an off-screen "friend" in mock surprise at the end of a Total Gym ad. Because a multi-title holding karate champion with tons of sponsors and access to thousand-dollar equipment would give a shit about a hundred dollar weight bench, let alone interrupt a shoot to tell his friends about it.

* ''[[Series/TheMitchellAndWebbLook The Mitchell and Webb Situation]]'' had a sketch parodying this, where the man being featured on a RealityShow is bewildered by the whole charade. The sketch starts with the host ringing his doorbell and greeting him as if it's the first time they've met. "What do you mean? You've been here over an hour. You've only just gone outside again. I'm miked up!" "So where's the kitchen?" "It's where you set up all those lights."

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* ''[[Series/TheMitchellAndWebbLook ''[[Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook The Mitchell and Webb Situation]]'' had a sketch parodying this, where the man being featured on a RealityShow is bewildered by the whole charade. The sketch starts with the host ringing his doorbell and greeting him as if it's the first time they've met. "What do you mean? You've been here over an hour. You've only just gone outside again. I'm miked up!" "So where's the kitchen?" "It's where you set up all those lights."

* ''The MitchellAndWebb Situation'' had a sketch parodying this, where the man being featured on a RealityShow is bewildered by the whole charade. The sketch starts with the host ringing his doorbell and greeting him as if it's the first time they've met. "What do you mean? You've been here over an hour. You've only just gone outside again. I'm miked up!" "So where's the kitchen?" "It's where you set up all those lights."

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* ''The MitchellAndWebb Situation'' ''[[Series/TheMitchellAndWebbLook The Mitchell and Webb Situation]]'' had a sketch parodying this, where the man being featured on a RealityShow is bewildered by the whole charade. The sketch starts with the host ringing his doorbell and greeting him as if it's the first time they've met. "What do you mean? You've been here over an hour. You've only just gone outside again. I'm miked up!" "So where's the kitchen?" "It's where you set up all those lights."

[[AC:{{ThemeParks}}]]* The original Journey into Imagination at Epcot opened up with the Dreamfinder singing to himself before noticing the audience.--> "Oh, hello there. So glad you could come along. I am the Dreamfinder."

** The 138th episode special used the trope repeatedly with Troy [=McClure=], once parodying it by returning from a commercial break to have [=McClure=] asleep on a couch and having to be prodded awake from off stage so he could deliver the line.----

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** The 138th episode special used the trope repeatedly with Troy [=McClure=], once parodying it by returning from a commercial break to have [=McClure=] asleep on a couch and having to be prodded awake from off stage so he could deliver the line.line.----

* Will from Tested.com uses (abuses?) this trope in [[http://www.tested.com/take-a-tour-of-the-new-tested-office/47-89/ a video showcasing the site's new office]].

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* Will from Tested.com uses (abuses?) this trope in [[http://www.tested.com/take-a-tour-of-the-new-tested-office/47-89/ com/tech/5464-take-a-tour-of-the-new-tested-office/ a video showcasing the site's new office]].

* Seth [=McFarlane=] used this opening for a commercial advertising ''FamilyGuy'' on Creator/AdultSwim. On the show proper, Stewie uses it at the start of his one-man show, before being heckled off by a drunken Elroy Jetson.

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* Seth [=McFarlane=] used this opening for a commercial advertising ''FamilyGuy'' ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' on Creator/AdultSwim. On the show proper, Stewie uses it at the start of his one-man show, before being heckled off by a drunken Elroy Jetson.

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